US President Donald Trump announced a trade deal Monday to reduce tariffs on India, saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised to stop buying Russian oil over the war in Ukraine. Trump also said in October that Modi had promised to stop buying Russian oil,

Trump says the U.S. reached a new trade deal with India that lowers tariffs and shifts Indian oil purchases away from Russia.

Russia has said India is free to source crude from any supplier and dismissed suggestions that New Delhi is moving away from Russian oil following claims made by US President Donald Trump